Coventry’s Garden Suburb?
coventrysociety Garden Suburbs and Garden Cities were responses to poor housing in polluted cities, aimed at creating healthier living environments. This particular approach to town planning reached its peak in the…
January 2026
City of Culture
The BBC has published a detailed article about the demise of City of Culture programme. In view of the importance of this matter, we re-print it here in full. The…
Coventry Swimming Baths – What Next?
Coventry Society has objected to the proposal for listed building consent to demolish the Swimming Baths. This is in keeping with the Society’s policy statement which was agreed in autumn…
Ellen Terry foundation stone returns to city centre
Coventry University has reported that a marble foundation stone laid by Dame Ellen Terry will return to Coventry city centre as Coventry University continues to mark the legacy of one…
Paradise Redeveloped
Our Secretary, John Payne, reflects on the news that Paradise House is to be demolished and its site redeveloped. John writes….. Paradise in an old and interesting neighbourhood in Foleshill,…
All change for planning in Coventry?
Although the process of updating the existing local plan for the city continues and controversies arise on some planning and listed building applications (such as the demolition of the swimming…
Timber Tracks
An exhibition about Sustainable Timber Construction in Germany is being shown at Coventry Cathedral in February. Wood is once more becoming popular for buildings in Europe. The exhibition shows exemplary…
Story of GEC in Coventry
Historian and CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us the story of GEC in the city. Peter writes …. By the early 1960s Coventry’s largest single employer was not a car…
Biodiversity Net Gain
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a policy and legal requirement within the English planning system designed to ensure that new development results in a measurable improvement in biodiversity — in…
Baginton Aerodrome to Close
Cov Soc member John Marshall offers an overview of Coventry Airport’s history and its imminent demise THE historic aerodrome at Baginton – known for many years as Coventry Airport –…